More than 1,000 MW was put into operation in 2008, establishing a new annual record. Wind power capacity rose in 2008 by a surprising 37% (3.736 MW in total).

Europe has historically been and continues to be the world?s strongest market for wind energy development. In 2008, cumulative wind capacity increased by 15% to reach a level of 64.935 GW.

The United States has entered a new energy era, ending a century of rising carbon emissions, with a dramatic 9 percent drop in U.S. carbon emissions over the past two years and the promise of further huge reductions.

Installed wind capacity in Spain reached 16,740 MW in 2008 with the addition of 1,609 MW. Expectations for the Spanish wind energy industry for 2009 are very high, with 18,500 MW of total capacity will be installed.

At the end of 2008, about 2,819 MW of wind energy capacity was installed, an increase of 625 MW over 2007. This is a 33% increase from 2007 to 2008.

SGS supported RWE with Owner?s Representative Services in establishing its first Wind Farm in Poland, consisting of 18 wind turbines.

In 2008, North American wind power generation capacity passed the 27 gigawatt (GW) mark by adding almost 9 GW from the year before, which represented the largest individual gain of any region in the world.

China Wind Systems, a supplier of forged products and industrial equipment to the wind power, announced plans to expand its recently completed state-of-the-art forged product facility with a new production line.

Boralex has arranged financing with BNP Paribas for its new wind farm in France. This 9.2 MW wind farm located in the department of the Somme nearby sites already operated by Boralex will have four Enercon E82.

With the improvement in safety and performance, as well as the decrease of cost, power lithium-ion batteries begin to display strong vitality. It will bring relevant enterprises a prosperous future.

A worldwide survey of wind energy by the Stanford University concluded that harnessing one fifth of the earth?s available wind energy would provide seven times as much electricity as the world currently uses.

During 2008, four large wind farms were installed, having capacities in the range of 15 MW to 24 MW each. The total installed capacity of wind energy generators reached 990 MW.

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